Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - Tập 95 Số 15 - Trang 9031-9036 - 1998
Lee Berger1, Rick Speare1, Peter Daszak1, D. Earl Green1, Andrew A. Cunningham1, C. Louise Goggin1, R. F. Slocombe1, Mark A. Ragan1, Alex D. Hyatt1, Keith McDonald1, Harry B. Hines1, Karen R. Lips1, Gerry Marantelli1, Helen Parkes1
1School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia; Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia; School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE, United Kingdom; Maryland Animal Health Laboratory, College Park, MD 20740; Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY,...

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Epidermal changes caused by a chytridiomycete fungus (Chytridiomycota; Chytridiales) were found in sick and dead adult anurans collected from montane rain forests in Queensland (Australia) and Panama during mass mortality events associated with significant population declines. We also have found this new disease associated with morbidity and mortality in wild and captive anurans from additional locations in Australia and Central America. This is the first report of parasitism of a vertebrate by a member of the phylum Chytridiomycota. Experimental data support the conclusion that cutaneous chytridiomycosis is a fatal disease of anurans, and we hypothesize that it is the proximate cause of these recent amphibian declines.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Tập 95 Số 15

9031-9036

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